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Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: current concepts of conservative care.

, 2011
Introduction: Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are a growing public health problem with important socio-economic effects in western countries. In the USA, 10 million people over 50 suffer from osteoporosis.
DENARO, LUCA, Maffulli N, Denaro V., Loppini M, Longo UG   +4 more
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From landscapes to lesions: Pathology's role in wildlife mortality investigations and conservation health

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Wildlife mortality investigations are important toward understanding health threats to wildlife and management considerations. The who, what, why and how are critical pieces of these investigations. Wildlife pathologists play a central role in this process in elucidating causes and contributors to mortality. Abstract To effectively recognize and manage
Nicole M. Nemeth
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Percutaneous Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures A Meta-analysis of Complications

, 2009
Percutaneous Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures A Meta-analysis of ...
Kern Singh (15918887), Michael J Lee (6386525), Patrick Cahill (346785), Tom Stanley (13096071), Mark Dumonski (15918884), Daniel Park (249278)   +5 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of deep learning vs. human raters for detecting osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in routine CT scans.

Objectives Vertebral fractures are severe complications of osteoporosis but are frequently missed on computed tomography (CT). Differentiating true fractures from non-osteoporotic vertebral height loss remains challenging; deep learning (DL) models may ...
Pellegrini, Chantal, Schinz, David, Rühling, Sebastian, Malagutti, Luca, Baum, Thomas, Walburga, Anna S, El Husseini, Malek, Wagner, Arthur, Sollmann, Nico, Seeger, Isabel, Kirschke, Jan S, Wiestler, Benedikt, Dieckmeyer, Michael, Riedel, Evamaria O, Keicher, Matthias, Löffler, Maximilian T   +15 more
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Prognostic Nutritional Index in Patients with Both Vertebral and Non-Vertebral Osteoporotic Fractures [PDF]

Objective: The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is an index used to evaluate the basic nutritional status of patients with osteoporosis. However, it is not yet clear whether PNI can be used as an indicator of osteoporotic fracture.
Fulya Bakılan, Gizem Sarıçimen, BAKILAN, FULYA, Saricimen, Gizem   +3 more
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The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective Émergence et complexification des pratiques symboliques dans la lignée Homo : une approche archéologique et cognitive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colagè, Larissa M. Straffon, Andrea Bender   +3 more
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Percutaneous vertebroplasty versus percutaneous kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: an umbrella review protocol of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

BMJ Open
Introduction Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses have confirmed that percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty showed safety and beneficial efficacy in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
Liang Wang, Qingyang Gao, Qiujiang Li, Ying Cen, Huiliang Yang   +4 more
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Repeated vertebral augmentation for new vertebral compression fractures of postvertebral augmentation patients: a nationwide cohort study

, 2015
Cheng-Loong Liang,1 Hao-Kwan Wang,1 Fei-Kai Syu,2 Kuo-Wei Wang,1 Kang Lu,1 Po-Chou Liliang1 1Department of Neurosurgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; 2Department of Pharmacy, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City,
Lu K, Wang HK, Liang CL, Syu FK, Wang KW, Liliang PC   +5 more
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Treatment of Vertebral Fractures Using Vertebroplasty [PDF]

, 2017
Master's thesis by Justas Grušauskas: \"Treatment of Vertebral Fractures Using Vertebroplasty\". Supervisor: Dr Gintautas Vaitkevičius, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Academy of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Neurosurgery Clinic. Kaunas, 2017.
Grušauskas, Justas
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CONTROVERSIES ON VERTEBROPLASTY AND KYPHOPLASTY FOR VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES [PDF]

, 2015
Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are widely used for osteoporotic and cancer-related vertebral compression fractures refractory to medical treatment. Many aspects of these procedures have been extensively discussed in the literature during the last few ...
Tobias Alécio Mattei, Righesso,Orlando, Asdrubal Falavigna, Alisson Roberto Teles, Orlando Righesso, Falavigna,Asdrubal, Teles,Alisson Roberto, Mattei,Tobias Alécio   +7 more
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